Boy, what`s the matter with you? 
You ain`t got no pep at all today!        I always gets tired when it gets hot like this, you know. 
You is lazy,          Is I? 
You just natu`lly lazy!         That`s what`s the matter with me? 
You`re doing nothing all the day.        No, I don`t never do nothing. 
You is loafin` on the levee.        Yeah! 
Was you born that way?         Yeah, I was born just like I is now, just like I is. 
I know, but you is lazy!        Yeah. 
Just look at you, 
You just natu`lly lazy.        Yeah, I`m lazy! 
Sitting there watching them muddy waters play.        Yeah. 
`Cause you`re heart`s never heavy.        Oh, no. 
Tell me, boy, was you born that way?        Just like I is now, just like I is. 
Now, look here with that chicken so sweet,        Chicken! 
And gravy five inches deep,        Good gravy! 
The kind that melts right in your mouth.        Great Caesar! 
You sleep `til you eat,        Loves to sleep. 
You eat `til you sleep,        Eat, too. 
That`s your busy day down South.        Busy sleepin`. 
You`se lazy,        Yeah, I is. 
Just natu`lly lazy,        Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm. 
Down in Dixie let him stay,        Oh, what`s that? 
Lordy, but he`s lucky, 
He was born that way.